If you are new to forex trading, you need to find a suitable forex platform first.

There is no such thing as a “best forex trading platform” – each forex trader has different needs and different trading habits, hence there is no perfect forex platform to cover all daytraders’ needs.

Anyway, five of the best forex trading platforms on the market today are these:

Metatrader 4 is a great platform; definitely recommended if you are just starting out and have little to no experience in daytrading.

Ninjatrader – the NinjaTrader trading platform provides you the tools to analyze anything you wish to trade (stocks, forex, futures, etc.).
NinjaTrader’s functionality is highly customizable to your individual needs and has a user-friendly interface.
It provides advanced charting with a wide range of chart types (Tick, Volume, Range, Second, Minute, Day, Week, Month, Year, Kagi, Renko, PnF, LineBreak), chart styles (Box, CandleStick, HiLo, LineOnClose, OHLC) and chart features (Multi-series charting (mix any time frame and any instrument)
Define trading sessions per series, Optional command line driven instrument and chart type changing
Chart Bid, Ask or Last prices, Trade from the chart, Chart templates, Global crosshair [synchronized cross hair across multiple charts], Instrument linking [synchronize instruments across multiple charts], Data Box and Mini Data Box, Save Image to Disk, Send Image via Email, Run Automated Trading Strategies, Hide Tool Bar and Scroll Bar to optimize screen real estate, just to mention a few.

NinjaTrader uses over 100 plus system indicators, you can develop your own custom indicators using NinjaScript, accessing one of the industry’s largest library of 3rd party indicators, Indicators can be used as input for other indicators, you can set user default settings per indicator, etc…

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